Andrew Goldsworthy art in Forest School
This week in Forest School we have been learning about an artist called Andrew Goldsworthy. The children were shown photos of his art and they discussed how he uses natural materials to create it. The children were encouraged to describe what they saw. Ma...
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Making wire sculptures
Over the last couple of weeks in Nursery the children have looked at different wire sculptures made by different artists. The children looked closely at a photo of Michelangelo’s piece of art called ‘Globe’ they discussed what it looked ...
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Half term Monday 28th October -Friday 1st November Monday 4th November – Teacher training day. Children return Tuesday 5th November.
World Book Day Thursday 7th March -Children are welcome to wear their pyjamas or dress up as a character from their favourite book. Children can bring a book in but please ensure their name is on it. Thank you.
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A visit from firefighters from Sheldon fire station
We had some exciting visitors this week at Nursery. Some of the firefighters from our local fire station came to Nursery. The children looked at their uniform and why each piece was very important, tried it on if they wanted to, talked about what the fire...
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Forest School Fire
Last week in Forest School we had a fire. Before we started, we recalled how we keep safe around the fire pit. We then discussed how we create a fire and what a fire needs to burn. Sue then lit the fire with a sparker. The children took it in turns...
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The caterpillars have arrived!
We had a very exciting delivery of caterpillars last week at Nursery. The children firstly had a look at them and discussed what they might be. We then told the children they were caterpillars and we asked them if they could recall what would happen to th...
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We have butterflies
It was very exciting to see last week that some of the butterflies have come out of their cocoons. All the children had a look at the butterflies in the net. We explained to the children that the butterflies needed to stay in there a little bit longer to ...
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